In
its efforts of making life more meaningful for people and businesses worldwide,
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, created a device that
listens to the voice inside human’s head. This latest technology from the
Institute was made known on the World Economic Forum’s social
engagement platform few days, which has attracted mixed reactions across
the world.
Analysis
of the people’s reactions mined by Infoprations indicates that having the device
could lead to havoc in the world. Over 50% of 123 insights that emanated from
97 comments analysed establish that the device is bad for the humanity while
24.4% reveal that the world would be better off with it.
For
those who consider it bad, the device would ruin relationship and assist
others to monitor thoughts and use them for personal benefits. Infoprations equally found that the
device would be useful for the people with various health challenges most
especially for the people who cannot communicate effectively.
“While
I admire all of your enthusiasm, I have some concerns with a machine that can
read our thoughts then act on them. The machine would need to be able to tell
what thought to act on and which ones to ignore. Also, there are times when we
don’t want other people to know what we are thinking about. On the other hand,
it would make judging a lot easier. A judge would be able to put the device on
the suspect’s head and see whether or not they committed the crime they are
accused of,” Michael Bujaki says.
On
its usefulness for health purposes, Mininder Kaltra notes that: “It is good for
small group of people in the world who cannot hear or speak or people who are
sick.”
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